Posted by naughtypuppy on February 20, 2007, at 9:20:54
In reply to Re: Are MAOIs ever ineffective? » UgottaHaveHope, posted by Quintal on February 19, 2007, at 13:25:01
> I've never read a report of someone actually dying from a hypertensive crisis on here despite the number who have used them. Hypertensive crises can be painful and scary, but they're not usually fatal. I get the impression most MAOI related fatalities are due to serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions rather than tyramine induced hypertensive crises caused by drug-food interactions.
I guess it depends on your point of view. You could equally claim that SSRI's are causing the serotonin syndrome when they are added to MAOI's instead of the other way around.
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> I'm not sure everyone needs something so powerful for their symptoms, but yes, where people have tried standard drugs without success the MAOIs do seem to be more consistently beneficial than most other drugs bar opiates.
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